PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF OCTENES

摘要

2073178 9109826 PCTABS00005 A mixture of isomeric octenes having an average of 1.6 to 2.0 side chain methyl groups per molecule is prepared by dimerizing of n-butene by contact with a nickel oxide catalyst on a silica-alumina support at a temperature above 150 ·C at a liquid hourly weight feed rate from 0.4 to 1.8 h-1.